Padlock.



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HERBERT SWOGGERS, OF NEW GALILEE, PENNSYLVANIA.

PADLOCK.

Specification oi Letters Patent.

Patented March 3, 1908.

Application led March 4, 1907. Serial No. 360,436.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, HERBERT Swoeefnns,y a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at New Galilee, in the county of Lawrence and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPadlocks, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to pad locks, and the invention has for itsobject to provide a simple and inexpensive spring lock having a fixedlocking member and a movable bolt adapted to engage said member andretain said lock in engagement with a staple and hasp.

Another object of this invention is to provide a lock that can be easilyand quickly manipulated to secure the lock upon a staple or release thesame.

With the above and other objects in view, which will more readily appearas the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinaftermore fully described and then specifically pointed out in the appendedclaims Referring to the drawing forming part of this specilication, likenumerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved lock, Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the removable side pl ate; Fig. 3 is a sideelevation of the lock with the removable side plate detached,illustrating the lock in a closed position, Fig. 4 is a view partly inelevation as 1n Fig. 3, and partly in" section, showing the lock in theopen position, the line of section being at a point between the lockbody and the removable side plate; Fig. 5 is a transverse verticalsection taken through the line of the lock bolt, with the removable sidedetached; Fig. 6 is a detached perspective view of the locking bolt;Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view with the removable side plate detached. I

My improved lock comprises a body portion 1 having its one side cntaway, as at 2, to accommodate a removable side plate 3 the body and sideplate 3 forming the lock casing. The lock body is provided with a recess4 to accommodate the tumblers and a lever which cooperates with thetumblers and the lock bolt as will be later described. The lock bodycarries a hook-shaped member or hasp y7 having an annular recess 8formed in its end to receive the upper end of a locking bolt 9. Thelocking bolt is slidably mounted in a vertically disposed bore 10 formedin the body 1 of the lock, said bore extending through the top portion11 of said lock.

The lock body adjacent to the bore 10 is recessed, as at 12, to receivea lug 14 carried by the bolt 9, also to receive a coiled spring 15,which is interposed between the top portion 11 of the lock body and thelug 14. The coiled'spring 15 normally holds the locking bolt 9 in alowered or open position, and said spring is held compressed when thebolt is retained in a closed position. The inner side of the plate 3 isrecessed, as at 16, this recess forming a part of the bore for the lockbolt and spring to permit of a free and easy movement of the lug 14 andthe spring 15. The plate 3 is also provided on its inner face with anoffset 6 to fit within the side walls of the recess 4, and on thisoffset at one corner of the lower end is a boss 6a having an aperture6b, the boss resting on the outermost tumbler, and the aperturereceiving the stud on which the tumblers are mounted. The body 1 isprovided directly beneath the recess 4 with a deeper recess 4l whichreceives a block 5 carried on the inner face of the plate 3 at the lowerend thereof. Pivotally mounted, as at 17, within the recess 4 of thelock body,

is aA lever 18, said lever being provided near Y its pivoted end with alug 19, and near its free end with lugs 2() and 21. The lug 19 isadapted to contact with a tooth 22 carried by the bolt 9 and limit theupward movement of said bolt, said tooth 22 being beveled for slightlymoving the lug 19 and lever 18. The lug 21 is adapted to engagein anotch 23 formed in the locking bolt 9, while the lug 20 is adapted to'engage in clefts 24 formed in spring-held tumblers 25, said tumblersbeing mounted on a post 26, in the recess 4 of the lock body.

The side plate 3 is suitably secured to the body 1. In practice, Igenerally form the shaft 17 on which lever 18 is suspended, of a lengthas to extend through the side plates of the lock casing so that the endsthereof may be riveted. l also provide a stud 29 adjacent one corner ofthe body which projects through an aperture 80 provided in the plate 3;a pin or rivet 27 passes through the plate 3 and block 5, and isreceived in an aperture 27 a in the opposite side of the body; a pin orrivet 31 is also passed through the side plates. The side plate 3 isthereby securely held to the body 1 by these various rivets.

To lock my improved lock it is only neeessary to push upwardly upon thebolt 9, and when the tooth 22 of said bolt reaches the lug 19 of thelever, said lever will be moved upwardly whereby the lug 21 thereof willengage in the notch 23 of the bolt, allowing the spring held tumblers 25to descend to the bolt again engaging the lug 21 of the lever 18.

It will be apparent from the novel construction of my improved lock thatl have devised a lock consisting of comparatively few parts, which whencorrectly positioned can be easily and quickly operated to hold a boltin a closed or open position with relation to the lock member or hasp ofthe lock body.

l do not care to confine myself to the style of key used in connectionwith the lock, as

the tumblers of said lock can be constructed to conform to the wards ofdifferent keys, whereby only one key can be employed to operate acertain lock.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent', is:

sisting of a body having a recess formed therein, a locking hasp carriedby said body, a spring-held locking bolt slidably mounted in said bodyand adapted to engage in said -hasp, a tooth carried by said bolt, alever pivotally mounted in the recess of said lock body and having lugsadapted to be'engaged by the tooth of said bolt, spring-held tumblersmounted within the recess of said lock body and adapted to engage saidlever and hold the same in engagement with said bolt, a side platemounted upon said lock body and having a block extending into a recessin said lock body, said enlargement having a key-hole formed therein topermit entry of a key for engagement with said tumblers.

2. A lock consisting of a body portion having a recess formed therein, alock hasp carried by said body, a spring-held bolt mounted within saidbody and adapted to engage said hasp, a tooth carried by said bolt, alever pivotally mounted in the recess of said lock body and adapted toengage said bolt, springheld tumblers pivotally mounted in said lockbody and engaging said lever, means carried by said lever to hold saidtumblers in an elevated position for releasing said bolt, and meanscarried by said lever and engaging said bolt for holding said bolt inlocked position, the said body portion having a keyhole to permit entryof a key for engagement with said tumblers.

ln testimony whereof I afliX my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

HERBERT SWOGGERS.

Witnesses z WILLIAM J. DEKAss,

1. A'lock of the character described con- CHAUNOEY P. SwoGGERs.

